Input-to-Output Instantaneous Polarization Characterization

Abstract

This paper proposes a method to represent and predict received signal instantaneous polarization states as a function of arbitrary transmit polarization states for time-dispersive channels. The model incorporates frequency-dependent characterizations to represent the polarization dispersion behavior of a received signal across its bandwidth in a multipath channel. The representation takes advantage of signal dispersion features typical of depolarized signals, and employs subbanded characterizations to achieve polarization representations exhibiting high degrees of polarization in each subband. Experiments are conducted that demonstrate the utility of the modeling approach to predict polarization dispersion responses for arbitrary transmit polarizations based on measurements from two orthogonal transmit polarizations.